Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre
- Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre
The Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre (BICOM) is a United Kingdom based organisation which acts to create a more supportive environment for Israel in the UK. [ [http://www.bicom.org.uk/community/about-us BICOM - Community - About Us] ] To achieve this objective BICOM issues materials on the history, economy, culture and politics of Israel, the Middle East peace plan, terrorism in the Middle-East, UK-Israel relations and foreign policy and the future of Arabia. An article in the "European Jewish Press" described it as "a pro-Israel British lobby group". [cite news
publisher=European Jewish Press
title=BICOM chief to become next Israeli ambassador in Paris
url=http://www.ejpress.org/article/9394
date=2006-07-02] An article in Haaretz described it as "a pro-Israel advocacy group". [cite news
publisher=Haaretz
title=U.K. millionaire: Netanyahu's London trip was not a 'gift'
url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/964775.html
date=2008-03-17
author=Daphna Berman]
BICOM's chief executive, until July 2006, was Danny Scheck, a high-level official of the Israeli foreign ministry on a two year leave of absence. He was previously the chief spokesman and director of the press division of Israel’s foreign ministry. [http://ejpress.org/article/9394] He left to become the Israeli ambassador to France. [http://www.eurojewcong.org/ejc/news.php?id_article=513]
The current Chief Executive Officer is the former Labour Member of Parliament Lorna Fitzsimons
References
External links
* [http://www.bicom.org.uk Organization website]
* [http://www.sosig.ac.uk/roads/cgi-bin/tempbyhand.pl?query=1144142146-2659&database=sosigv3 Entry at Social Science Gateway]
* [http://jewishchronicle.com/home.aspx?ParentId=m12s114&SecId=114&AId=43777&ATypeId=1 "So they say they’re in charge", The Jewish Connection, 12/05/2006]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAZ_OUgZNQk Video footage of a survey carried out by BICOM to assess what ordinary Londoners know about Israel]
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